Sheera is a halwa made with Rava and wheat flour, quite popular in the North for the Navratri Season. Interesting fact about this halwa is that it is cooked entirely in ghee and simmer over and garnished with loads of nuts. This is one of the fasting foods partaken in this season. Sheera and Thatta […]

Karivepaku Kobbari Patcha Senagala Sundal is my Navratri Day 8 Neivedyam. Today’s Neivedyam was this Sundal along with Curd Rice. The pictures are not touched on at all. However, the lighting in my kitchen this morning was totally weird and however much I tried, the curd Rice was turning very white. I have used dried […]

Pasi Paruppu Puttu or the Yellow Moong Dal Puttu is a popular Navratri dishes made in Tamil Nadu. I had previously made Ukkarai, which is a puttu made with a mix of dals. I wanted to make with just Moong dal and so used only yellow moong dal today. The mornigns are so rushed that […]

Temple Style Sakkarai Pongal is made with just Rice and Jaggery with a pinch of camphore which elevates the taste and feeling of this neivedyam to Kovil prasadam. This Sakkarai Pongal is the Day 6 Neivedyam for the Navratri Celebrations along with Masala Karuppu Konda Kadalai Sundal. I was so happy with the way the […]

Easy Thakkali Sadam is the neivedyam for Navratri Day 5. I opted to make this spicy using masala powder and also used cooked rice, which makes this really very fast. This is yet another no onion, no garlic rice, very apt for Navratri Season. I have already shared couple of other Thakkali sadam one in […]

Pudina Rice is made with fresh mint leaves and spicy masala powder made of dals and coconut. This is a mixed rice variety that can be done very quickly and makes an apt neivedyam during this Navratri Season as this is a No Onion No Garlic Recipe. This is what I made for Day 4 […]

Hayagreeva or Hayagreeva Maddi is an easy and traditional Karnataka sweet. When I was doing the Udipi Cuisine, I remember reading about it while planning for Udupi Thali and then realised its very much the same like the Poli purnam we make. Once the neivedyam is offered, I always end up eating the filling as […]

Coconut Chana Dal Rice or Thengai Kadalai Paruppu Sadam is the Day 2 neivedyam for the Navratri Pooja. This recipe is similar to the regular Thengai Sadam, I have given a twist by adding boiled chana dal to the rice. The sundal for the day is Karamani in the regular method. Coconut Chana Dal Rice […]

Happy Navaratri to all my readers! We are starting the Navaratri pooja from today and we will be observing for the next nine days with special neivedyam for the Goddess. Please check my Navratri Special Dishes for more ideas to make these nine days. I hope you will find the page useful. Today I started […]

Chakkara Pongali is one of the main sweet dish made as Sankranthi Special. While there are many ways this sweet pongal is cooked, today’s recipe is a quick and easy one made during hurried times. I made this when I prepared the Andhra Thali, I was short of time and Amma suggested this as she […]

We are starting the second week of BM#60, this week featuring Festival Foods. I wanted to focus on Sankranthi Special dishes and decided to check out what special dishes are made across India. Our Sankranthi holidays are mostly spent in my SIL’s home. This year will be first in many years that we are not […]